Methods and apparatus for reducing anxiety during travel
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1. A system for allowing a passenger to monitor turbulence and for providing turbulence information to the passenger during a flight on an airplane, the system comprising:
- a portable electronic device associated with a user; and
an application executable on the portable electronic device, the application including computer program code that;
(a) monitors acceleration data during a flight of an airplane while the user is a passenger on the airplane, the monitored acceleration being acceleration of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence;
(b) during the flight, displays on a display of the portable electronic device of the user a representation of the acceleration data of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence; and
(c) concurrently with (b), displays on the display of the portable electronic device of the user a threshold safe acceleration value that is tolerable by the airplane so as to indicate to the user that the monitored acceleration is below the threshold safe acceleration value during the flight of the airplane.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a system is provided that includes a portable electronic device; and an application executable on the portable electronic device, the application including computer program code that (a) monitors acceleration data during a flight of an airplane; and (b) displays a representation of the acceleration data in relation to a threshold acceleration of the airplane. Numerous other aspects are provided.
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1. A system for allowing a passenger to monitor turbulence and for providing turbulence information to the passenger during a flight on an airplane, the system comprising:
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a portable electronic device associated with a user; and an application executable on the portable electronic device, the application including computer program code that; (a) monitors acceleration data during a flight of an airplane while the user is a passenger on the airplane, the monitored acceleration being acceleration of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence; (b) during the flight, displays on a display of the portable electronic device of the user a representation of the acceleration data of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence; and (c) concurrently with (b), displays on the display of the portable electronic device of the user a threshold safe acceleration value that is tolerable by the airplane so as to indicate to the user that the monitored acceleration is below the threshold safe acceleration value during the flight of the airplane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for allowing a passenger to monitor turbulence and for providing turbulence information to the passenger during a flight on an airplane, the apparatus comprising:
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a portable electronic device associated with a user, the portable electronic device including one or more accelerometers and a display, wherein the portable electronic device is operative to determine instantaneous magnitudes of acceleration experienced over time by an aircraft carrying the portable electronic device while the user is a passenger on the airplane based on measurements of the accelerometers during a flight of the aircraft, the instantaneous magnitudes of acceleration including acceleration of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence, and wherein the portable electronic device is further operative to display on the display of the portable electronic device, during the flight, a representation of the magnitudes of acceleration over time as acceleration data of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence, and to concurrently display a threshold safe acceleration value that is tolerable by the airplane so as to indicate to the user that the magnitudes of acceleration over time determined by the portable electronic device are below the threshold safe acceleration value during the flight of the airplane. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of reducing anxiety during a flight by allowing a passenger to monitor turbulence and providing turbulence information to the passenger during the flight, the method comprising:
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providing a portable electronic device associated with a user, the portable electronic device having an application executable on the portable electronic device, the application including computer program code that; monitors acceleration data during a flight of an airplane while the user is a passenger on the airplane, the monitored acceleration being acceleration of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence; and during the flight, displays on a display of the portable electronic device of the user a representation of the acceleration data of the airplane as the airplane experiences turbulence and concurrently displays on the display of the portable electronic device of the user a threshold safe acceleration value that is tolerable by the airplane so as to indicate to the user that the monitored acceleration is below the threshold safe acceleration value during the flight of the airplane; employing the portable electronic device during a flight on an airplane to; monitor acceleration data during the flight of the airplane; and display a representation of the acceleration data and concurrently display the threshold safe acceleration value that is tolerable by the airplane. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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